An ancient parish of Greater Bolton, laying North of Bolton and east of Sharples, Longworth and Little Bolton. West of Bradshaw, Edgeworth and Entwistle.
Christ Church, opened in 1867, is in Blackburn Road, Walmsley, Egerton. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Walmsley, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.